The National Armed Forces of Bolivia (FANB) of Venezuela are carrying out a military operation in the state of Apure, which borders Colombia, on the orders of the President-in-Charge of the country, Delsey Rodríguez, stated in a statement of the strategic operational command of the FANB (CEOFANB).
The military organization stated that the purpose of increasing the presence at the border is to ensure state control and sovereignty over the entire territory of the region and to neutralize irregular armed formations, as well as to strengthen operational bases in the border area.
The CEOFANB noted that the complex orography, rivers and jungle make it easy for criminal groups to breach the border and set up drug laboratories, transit centers and secret landing strips.